Differences in boar sperm head shape and dimensions recorded by computer-assisted sperm morphometry are not related to chromatin integrity

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-203

  Saravia, F ^a,b   Nunez Martinez I ^b   Moran J M ^b   Soler, C ^b   Muriel, A ^b   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a   Pena F J ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Veterinary Teaching Hospital   (Spain)

^c Centro de Estudios del Cerdo Ibérico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Chromatin structure; Semen analysis; Sperm morphometry

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SOFTWARE; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 34250219241     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.052     Document Type: Article

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